Laser Reshaping and Regeneration of Cartilage
Laser Physics Letters, Volume 4 Issue 7, Wiley InterScience Abstract
Institute on Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Russia
Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia
Demonstration of laser-induced stress relaxation in cartilage in 1992 led to the development of a novel laser surgical procedure in otolaryngology for the non-ablative reshaping of cartilage. Follow-up studies found that non-destructive laser irradiation may activate regeneration processes in cartilaginous tissue. Ongoing studies seek to characterize the physical, chemical and biological processes and mechanisms involved in the reshaping and regeneration of deformed and diseased cartilage under moderate laser heating. A theoretical model is developed considering laser-induced stress relaxation in cartilage as a process of micropore formation. Results obtained provide scientific and engineering data for development of novel laser surgical procedures for correction of the nasal septum and treatment of spine disc cartilage diseases. This review is aimed to present state of art and recent results in laser - induced reshaping and regeneration of cartilage. (© 2007 by Astro Ltd., Published exclusively by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA)
Laser Engineering of Spine Discs
Journal of Laser Physics, Abstract
Publisher MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed exclusively by Springer Science * Business Media LLC
Institute of Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Russia
Medical Center for Vertebrology and Orthopedics, Moscow, Russia
Sechenov Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia
The laser engineering of intervertebral discs is one of the branch of medical physics aimed at the development of minimally invasive laser medical techniques based on the effect of the controlled (time- and space-modulated) laser radiation on the structure and the field of mechanical stress of biological tissues. A new method for the laser engineering of the intervertebral discs and the differences of this approach from the existing physical methods of medical treatment are considered. The newly formed tissues of animals and humans are hystologically studied. Possible regeneration processes are discussed. A control system that provides for the treatment efficiency and safety is developed. The new laser medical equipment that is designed for the laser engineering of intervertebral discs is described, and the corresponding results of the clinical application are presented.
Clive Comments
I first saw this on the Science Channel on TV and found it very fascinating, and hopeful. When the cartilage wears thin in the spinal column, it is often the current procedure to insert steel rods or fuse the vertebrae together. With this technique in Russia, they were inserting a needle into different spots of the cartilage and through the needle using non-destructive laser irradiation to apply heat. This stimulated the cartilage to regenerate and re-grow! Just as amazing is medicine tapping into the body’s ability to regenerate rather than just focusing on artificial parts and techniques. Now imagine taking it back one step further, to the beginning, and using the right superfoods to provide the tools (minerals and chemicals) that allow the body to do what it was designed and created to do... regenerate. Hippocrates had it right in 400 BC when he said “Let your food be your medicine, and let your medicine be your food.”
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